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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Sankt Wendel (City of Sankt Wendel) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on light paper, the obverse is framed by an elaborate Art Nouveau-style ornamental border with foliate and scrollwork motifs. The issuer's name 'Stadt St. Wendel' appears in a cartouche at the top, while the denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is rendered in large Gothic blackletter script at centre, above the date 'St. Wendel, den 1. November 1919'. The numeral '50' appears in decorative panels at each side, and a validity clause along with the facsimile signature of the Stadtbürgermeister is inscribed in the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'Gebr. Parcus, München' at the very foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt St. Wendel Gutschein über Fünfzig Pfennig St. Wendel, den 1. November 1919 Giltig bis einen Monat nach Aufruf in den Ortszeitungen Der Stadtbürgermeister GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN. |
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Sankt Wendel issued Notgeld in 1919 during the acute small-change famine that followed the war, when hoarding of metal coins left municipalities scrambling to keep retail trade moving. The city sits in the Saar region, which was placed under League of Nations administration in January 1920 — making the window for locally issued German emergency currency here unusually narrow. Notes produced in late 1919 were already obsolete within months of printing.
Gebrüder Parcus of Munich were among the busier Notgeld printers of the period, handling runs for dozens of Bavarian and southwestern German municipalities simultaneously.